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Blacklist the blacklisters, MPs tell government
Scottish affairs committee calls for ban on public subsidies for guilty firms

Firms which blacklist workers should be blacklisted themselves and barred from being given publicly funded contracts, according to a committee of MPs.

The Scottish affairs committee's interim report on blacklisting published yesterday demands that companies which have been caught should

undertake a process of "self-cleaning," including an admission of guilt and paying compensation.

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